Antoine-Joseph Pernety
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Roanne
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– 16 October 1796, Avignon
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) was a French
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writer. At various times he was a Benedictine
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, and librarian of Frederic the Great
Frederick II of Prussia
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of Prussia
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. Together with the Polish
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Count Tadeusz Grabianka, also influenced by the Christian mysticism
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of Swedenborg
Emanuel Swedenborg
was a Swedish scientist, philosopher, and theologian. He has been termed a Christian mystic by some sources, including the Encyclopædia Britannica online version, and the Encyclopedia of Religion , which starts its article with the description that he was a "Swedish scientist and mystic." Others...
he founded in 1760 the secret society
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of ‘Rite hermétique’ or Illuminati
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of Avignon
Avignon
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.
Pernety took part in the 1763-64 expedition under Louis Antoine de Bougainville
Louis Antoine de Bougainville
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that established the Port Saint Louis settlement in the Falkland Islands
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, and published a two-volume account of his nature exploration of the Falklands and the Brazil
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ian island of Santa Catarina
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. In particular, he gave the first description of the Falklands stone run
Stone run
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s phenomenon.
Publications
- Manuel bénédictin, contenant l'Imitation de Jésus-Christ; la Règle de saint Benoist; les Exercices tirés de cette règle; et la Conduite pour la retraite du mois (1755).
- Dictionnaire portatif de peinture, sculpture et gravure avec un traité pratique des différentes manières de peindre, dont la théorie est développée dans les articles qui en sont susceptibles. Ouvrage utile aux artistes, aux élèves & aux amateurs (1757) Online text.
- Les Fables égyptiennes et grecques dévoilées et réduites au même principe, avec une explication des hiéroglyphes et de la guerre de Troye (1758). Réédition: La Table d'émeraude, Paris, 1982. Online vol. 1 & vol. 2.
- Dictionnaire mytho-hermétique, dans lequel on trouve les allégories fabuleuses des poètes, les métaphores, les énigmes et les termes barbares des philosophes hermétiques expliqués (1758). Réédition: Bibliotheca Hermetica, 1972.
- Journal historique d'un voyage fait aux îles Malouines en 1763 et 1764 pour les reconnoître et y former un établissement et de deux voyages au détroit de Magellan avec une relation sur les Patagons (2 volumes, 1769) .Online vol. 1 & vol. 2
- Discours sur la physionomie et les avantages des connoissances physionomiques (1769).
- Dissertation sur l'Amérique & les Américains (1769).
- Examen des Recherches philosophiques sur l'Amérique et les Américains, et de la Défense de cet ouvrage (1771).
- Les Vertus, le pouvoir, la clémence et la gloire de Marie, mère de Dieu (1790) Online text.